...Pamela Agata Suzanne; Viktoriya Voloshyna; Jelena Zikic Purpose This paper aims to explore the stages and processes of work identity reconstruction following a major health-related career shock. Design/methodology/approach In-depth case study and interpretive phenomenological methods are used...

...Ruwayne Garth Kock Purpose This paper describes the author's lived experiences as a marginalised professional. It offers a nuanced understanding of the author's career development journey to an authentic work identity. Design/methodology/approach This analytic autoethnography, situated...

... are not to be found in people’s goals, but rather in the process of identity construction itself. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Careers Adolescents Career development Career guidance Work identity A major part of who we...

.... Identities Professional workers Stress Role salience Emotional exhaustion Employees Professions Human resource management Work identity Identities are “positions in the social structure, which are enacted in role relationships with others and viewed as descriptive of oneself” (Thoits, 1995 , p...

... constructs in a nomological network. As these stages are described more thoroughly, existing conceptual and empirical EL research will be integrated to argue for the proposed factor structure. Emotional dissonance Customer relations Problem solving Work identity Research has suggested...

... Age discrimination Retirement Employee attitudes Older workers Work identity In recent years, older workers have become a target category for employment policies in many European countries. Under pressure from the EU in particular, employment policies promoting early retirement from...

... transformation. Classical models of vocational identities are declining in favour of a new “negotiator‐network/mobility” mode of socialisation at work. The latter is mainly taken in charge by a new generation of telecom employees who are mobile, flexible and proactive in constructing their own work identities...

... and uncertainty, influence work‐related identities of IT specialists. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Information personnel Work identity Career development Employees attitudes Vocational training Europe This paper investigates the dynamics of work‐related identities in the light...

...Simone Kirpal This paper reports on a comparative qualitative study across four European countries which explored the formation of work identity amongst nurses and other professionals in the field of health care. Within this sector, it identifies trends towards a more flexible, more highly skilled...

... their work identity, work attitude and career orientation. This paper gives an overview of the background, research questions, basic theoretical considerations, methodology and general findings of this project. It serves as a general introduction to the other five papers presented in this issue which are all...